Inequality of opportunity during the great recession in Uganda

Type Working Paper - WIDER Working Paper
Title Inequality of opportunity during the great recession in Uganda
Author(s)
Issue 2015/039
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2015
URL https://www.wider.unu.edu/sites/default/files/wp2015-039.pdf
Abstract
The paper proposes an analysis of the recent distributional dynamics in Uganda. This
analysis is performed by endorsing an opportunity egalitarian perspective, in order to evaluate the
outcome dynamics of specific groups of the population and infer the role of growth in the
evolution of inequality of opportunity over time. We show that despite a reduction in the real value
of the household consumption and a surge in outcome inequality between 2009/10 and 2010/11,
the consumption dynamic appears to alleviate inequality of opportunity in Uganda.

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